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Season 1 of Doctor Who premiered in November 1963 and was the first season of the show. It was later classified as the first season of Doctor Who: Chapter One.

It starred William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter, and William Russell and Jacqueline Hill as the companions Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright. The season opened with An Unearthly Child and concluded with The Reign of Terror.

Overview

It consisted of eight serials and forty-two episodes, and a pilot episode which was never aired on television until 1991. (More accurately, the production team made several versions of the pilot episode.) The inaugural season established many of the concepts that continue to the present day, and also introduced the hugely popular Daleks. Two of the three historical stories of this season are presently considered lost, in total (as is the case of Marco Polo) or partially (The Reign of Terror), although audio recordings of all episodes remain.

Cast

Regular

Recurring

Daleks - operated by Robert Jewell, Kevin Manser, Michael Summerton, Gerald Taylor, and voiced by Peter Hawkins and David Graham

Guest

Za - Derek Newark
Hur - Alethea Charlton
Old Mother - Eileen Way
Kal - Jeremy Young
Temmosus - Alan Wheatley
Alydon - John Lee
Dyoni - Virginia Wetherell
Marco Polo - Mark Eden
Tegana - Derren Nesbitt
Ping-Cho - Zienia Merton
Kublai Khan - Martin Miller
Arbitan - George Coulouris
Voords - Martin Cort, Peter Stenson, Gordon Wales
Altos - Robin Phillips
Sabetha - Katharine Schofield
Yartek - Stephen Dartnell
Autloc - Keith Pyott
Tlotoxl - John Ringham
Ixta - Ian Cullen
Cameca - Margot Van der Burgh
John - Stephen Dartnell
Carol - Ilona Rodgers
Maitland - Lorne Cossette
Fourth Sensorite - Arthur Newall
First Elder - Eric Francis
Second Elder - Bartlett Mullins
Sensorites - Anthony Rogers, Gerry Martin
First Scientist - Ken Tyllsen
Second Scientist - Joe Greig
Warrior - Joe Greig
Commander - John Bailey
Rouvray - Laidlaw Dalling
D'Argenson - Neville Smith
James Stirling - James Cairncross
Jean - Roy Herrick
Jules Renan - Donald Morley
Léon Colbert - Edward Brayshaw
Maximilien Robespierre - Keith Anderson

Television Stories

Main Season

Serial	#	Serial Title	Episode Title	Writer	Director	Air Date
1	1	An Unearthly Child	An Unearthly Child	Anthony Coburn	Waris Hussein	23 November 1963
	2		The Cave of Skulls			30 November 1963
	3		The Forest of Fear			7 December 1963
	4		The Firemaker			14 December 1963
2	5	The Daleks	The Dead Planet	Terry Nation	Christopher Barry	21 December 1963
	6		The Survivors		Christopher Barry	28 December 1963
	7		The Escape		Richard Martin	4 January 1964
	8		The Ambush		Christopher Barry	11 January 1964
	9		The Expedition		Christopher Barry	18 January 1964
	10		The Ordeal		Richard Martin	25 January 1964
	11		The Rescue			1 February 1964
3	12	The Edge of Destruction	The Edge of Destruction	David Whitaker		8 February 1964
3	13	The Edge of Destruction	The Brink of Disaster	David Whitaker	Frank Cox	15 February 1964
4	14	Marco Polo	The Roof of the World	John Lucarotti	Waris Hussein	22 February 1964
	15		The Singing Sands			29 February 1964
	16		Five Hundred Eyes			7 March 1964
	17		The Wall of Lies		John Crockett	14 March 1964
	18		Rider of Shang-Tu		Waris Hussein	21 March 1964
	19		Mighty Kulai Khan			28 March 1964
	20		Assassin at Peking			4 April 1964
5	21	The Keys of Marinus	The Sea of Death	Terry Nation	John Gorrie	11 April 1964
	22		The Velvet Web			18 April 1964
	23		The Screaming Jungle			25 April 1964
	24		The Snows of Terror			2 May 1964
	25		Sentence of Death			9 May 1964
	26		The Keys of Marinus			16 May 1964
6	27	The Aztecs	The Temple of Evil	John Lucarotti	John Crockett	23 May 1964
	28		The Warriors of Death			30 May 1964
	29		The Bride of Sacrifice			6 June 1964
	30		The Day of Darkness			13 June 1964
7	31	The Sensorites	Strangers in Space	Peter R. Newman	Mervyn Pinfield	20 June 1964
	32		The Unwilling Warriors			27 June 1964
	33		Hidden Danger			11 July 1964
	34		A Race Against Death			18 July 1964
	35		Kidnap		Frank Cox	25 July 1964
	36		A Desperate Venture		Frank Cox	1 August 1964
8	37	The Reign of Terror	A Land of Fear	Dennis Spooner	Henric Hirsch	8 August 1964
	38		Guests of Madame Guillotine			15 August 1964
	39		A Change of Identity			22 August 1964
	40		The Tyrant of France			29 August 1964
	41		A Bargain of Necessity			5 September 1964
	42		Prisoners of Conciergerie			12 September 1964

Production

Creation

The series was essentially the creation of a committee, with the following amongst the many who created the various parts that went into the series: Donald Wilson (time travel), Sydney Newman (the First Doctor and Susan), C. E. Webber (Ian and Barbara, scenario for the first episode), Anthony Coburn (Susan's name, the TARDIS looking like a police box), and David Whitaker (Susan as the Doctor's granddaughter).

Production overview

Verity Lambert was chosen by Sydney Newman as producer of the series and Mervyn Pinfield was assigned as associate producer, picking up on the mainly technical side of the series such as dealing with the in-camera SFX.

Initially, the series was only ordered for the first four episodes that made up 100,000 BC and came close to going no further. This was extended to thirteen episodes, but the production team had either eleven (100,000 BC and The Mutants) or eighteen (100,000 BC, The Mutants, Marco Polo). To solve this problem, David Whitaker wrote the two episode Inside the Spaceship, something that normally wouldn't have happened due to an existing rule that prohibited script editors writing for the series they were editing. (Otherwise they could simply have "hired" themselves and deprived other script writers of work.)

The first to third season story titles have been a contentious issue. For more information, see disputed story titles.

Stories considered during this season, but ultimately unmade, included:

The Masters of Luxor (a.k.a. The Robots) by Anthony Coburn
The Hidden Planet (a.k.a. Beyond the Sun) by Malcolm Hulke
The Red Fort by Terry Nation
Farewell Great Macedon by Moris Farhi
The Miniscules by C. E. Webber (a variant on this idea appeared as Planet of Giants, aired during Season 2)

Crew

To be added.

Filming

To be added.

Aliens and Enemies

Home Media

Physical Media

To be added.

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-* [[Za]] - [[Derek Newark]]
+* [[Za]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Newark Derek Newark]
-* [[Hur]] - [[Alethea Charlton]]
+* [[Hur]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alethea_Charlton Alethea Charlton]
-* [[Old Mother]] - [[Eileen Way]]
+* [[Old Mother]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Way Eileen Way]
 * [[Kal]] - [[Jeremy Young]]
-* [[Temmosus]] - [[Alan Wheatley]]
+* [[Temmosus]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wheatley Alan Wheatley]
-* [[Alydon]] - [[John Lee]]
+* [[Alydon]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_(Australian_actor)#Television John Lee]
-* [[Dyoni]] - [[Virginia Wetherell]]
+* [[Dyoni]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Wetherell Virginia Wetherell]
-* [[Marco Polo (individual)|Marco Polo]] - [[Mark Eden]]
+* [[Marco Polo (individual)|Marco Polo]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Eden Mark Eden]
-* [[Tegana]] - [[Derren Nesbitt]]
+* [[Tegana]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derren_Nesbitt Derren Nesbitt]
-* [[Ping-Cho]] - [[Zienia Merton]]
+* [[Ping-Cho]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zienia_Merton Zienia Merton]
-* [[Kublai Khan]] - [[Martin Miller]]
+* [[Kublai Khan]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Miller_(actor) Martin Miller]
-* [[Arbitan (individual)|Arbitan]] - [[George Coulouris]]
+* [[Arbitan (individual)|Arbitan]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Coulouris George Coulouris]
 * [[Voord|Voords]] - [[Martin Cort]], [[Peter Stenson]], [[Gordon Wales]]
-* [[Altos]] - [[Robin Phillips]]
+* [[Altos]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Phillips Robin Phillips]
 * [[Sabetha]] - [[Katharine Schofield]]
 * [[Yartek]] - [[Stephen Dartnell]]
-* [[Autloc]] - [[Keith Pyott]]
+* [[Autloc]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Pyott Keith Pyott]
-* [[Tlotoxl]] - [[John Ringham]]
+* [[Tlotoxl]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ringham John Ringham]
-* [[Ixta]] - [[Ian Cullen]]
+* [[Ixta]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cullen Ian Cullen]
 * [[Cameca]] - [[Margot Van der Burgh]]
 * [[John (The Sensorites)|John]] - [[Stephen Dartnell]]
-* [[Carol (The Sensorites)|Carol]] - [[Ilona Rodgers]]
+* [[Carol (The Sensorites)|Carol]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilona_Rodgers Ilona Rodgers]
 * [[Maitland]] - [[Lorne Cossette]]
 * [[Fourth Sensorite]] - [[Arthur Newall]]
@@ Line 54: / Line 54: @@
 * [[Commander (The Sensorites)|Commander]] - [[John Bailey]]
 * [[Rouvray]] - [[Laidlaw Dalling]]
-* [[D'Argenson]] - [[Neville Smith]]
+* [[D'Argenson]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Smith_(actor) Neville Smith]
 * [[James Stirling]] - [[James Cairncross]]
-* [[Jean (The Reign of Terror)|Jean]] - [[Roy Herrick]]
+* [[Jean (The Reign of Terror)|Jean]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Herrick Roy Herrick]
 * [[Jules Renan]] - [[Donald Morley]]
-* [[Léon Colbert]] - [[Edward Brayshaw]]
+* [[Léon Colbert]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Brayshaw Edward Brayshaw]
 * [[Maximilien Robespierre]] - [[Keith Anderson]]
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+|23 November 1963
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+|21 December 1963
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+|28 December 1963
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 |''The Escape''
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+|4 January 1964
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 |''The Ambush''
 | rowspan="2" |[[Christopher Barry]]
+|11 January 1964
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 |''The Expedition''
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 |''The Ordeal''
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+|25 January 1964
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+|8 February 1964
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 |''The Brink of Disaster''
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+|15 February 1964
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 | rowspan="7" |[[John Lucarotti]]
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+|22 February 1964
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 |''The Singing Sands''
+|29 February 1964
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 |''Five Hundred Eyes''
+|7 March 1964
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 |''The Wall of Lies''
 |[[John Crockett]]
+|14 March 1964
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 |''Rider of Shang-Tu''
 | rowspan="3" |[[Waris Hussein]]
+|21 March 1964
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+|28 March 1964
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 |''Assassin at Peking''
+|4 April 1964
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+|11 April 1964
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 |''The Velvet Web''
+|18 April 1964
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 |''The Screaming Jungle''
+|25 April 1964
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 |''The Snows of Terror''
+|2 May 1964
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 |''Sentence of Death''
+|9 May 1964
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 |''The Keys of Marinus''
+|16 May 1964
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+|23 May 1964
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 |''The Warriors of Death''
+|30 May 1964
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 |''The Bride of Sacrifice''
+|6 June 1964
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+|13 June 1964
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 | rowspan="6" |[[Peter R. Newman]]
 | rowspan="4" |[[Mervyn Pinfield]]
+|20 June 1964
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 |''The Unwilling Warriors''
+|27 June 1964
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 |''Hidden Danger''
+|11 July 1964
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 |''A Race Against Death''
+|18 July 1964
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 |''Kidnap''
 | rowspan="2" |[[Frank Cox]]
+|25 July 1964
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 |''A Desperate Venture''
+|1 August 1964
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+|8 August 1964
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 |''Guests of Madame Guillotine''
+|15 August 1964
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 |''A Change of Identity''
+|22 August 1964
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 |''The Tyrant of France''
+|29 August 1964
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 |''A Bargain of Necessity''
+|5 September 1964
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 |''Prisoners of Conciergerie''
+|12 September 1964
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 == Home Media ==
 === Physical Media ===
+To be added.
-{| class="wikitable"
+[[Category:Doctor Who seasons]]
-! rowspan="2" |
-Title and Episodes included
-! rowspan="2" |Cover
-! rowspan="2" |Format
-! rowspan="2" |Number and duration of episodes
-! colspan="2" |Release Date
-|-
-!Region 1
-!Region 2
-|-
-|[[Doctor Who: The Daleks - The Dead Planet (VHS)|Doctor Who: The Daleks - The Dead Planet]]
-[[The Daleks (serial)|The Daleks]] Episodes 1-4
-|TBA
-|[[VHS]]
-|4x25 minutes
-|June 1995
-|June 1989
-|-
-|[[Doctor Who: The Daleks - The Expedition (VHS)|Doctor Who: The Daleks - The Expedition]]
-[[The Daleks (serial)|The Daleks]] Episodes 5-7
-|TBA
-|[[VHS]]
-|3x25 minutes
-|June 1995
-|5 June 1989
-|-
-|[[An Unearthly Child (VHS)|An Unearthly Child]]
-[[An Unearthly Child (serial)|An Unearthly Child]]
-|TBA
-|[[VHS]]
-|4x25 minutes
-|January 1992
-|January 1990
-|-
-|[[The Aztecs (VHS)|The Aztecs]]
-[[The Aztecs (serial)|The Aztecs]]
-|TBA
-|[[VHS]]
-|4x25 minutes
-|May 1994
-|November 1992
-|-
-|[[The Keys of Marinus (VHS)|The Keys of Marinus]]
-[[The Keys of Marinus (serial)|The Keys of Marinus]]
-|TBA
-|[[VHS]]
-|6x25 minutes
-|July 1999
-|March 1999
-|-
-|[[The Edge of Destruction (VHS)|The Edge of Destruction]]
-[[The Edge of Destruction (serial)|The Edge of Destruction]]/[[An Unearthly Child (serial)|The Pilot]]
-|TBA
-|[[VHS]]
-|3x25 minutes
-|October 2000
-|May 2000
-|-
-|[[The Beginning (DVD)|The Beginning]]
-[[An Unearthly Child (serial)|An Unearthly Child]]/[[The Daleks (serial)|The Daleks]]/[[The Edge of Destruction (serial)|The Edge of Destruction]]
-|[[File:BBCDVD1012 The Beginning.jpg]]
-|[[DVD]]
-|13x25 minutes
-|13 November 2000
-|13 November 2000
-|-
-|[[The Remastered First Season (DVD)|The Remastered First Season]]
-[[An Unearthly Child (serial)|An Unearthly Child]]/[[The Daleks (serial)|The Daleks]]/[[The Edge of Destruction (serial)|The Edge of Destruction]]/[[Marco Polo (serial)|Marco Polo]]/[[The Keys of Marinus (serial)|The Keys of Marinus]]/[[The Aztecs (serial)|The Aztecs]]/[[The Sensorites (serial)|The Sensorites]]/[[The Reign of Terror (serial)|The Reign of Terror]]
-|[[File: BBCDVD1100 The Remastered First Season.jpg]]
-|[[DVD]]
-|32x25 minutes
-|18 November 2002
-|18 November 2002
-| colspan="2" |
-|}
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-!Britbox
-!BBC iPlayer
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-|}BBC Player is only available in the UK. iTunes only carry ''Doctor Who'' in the US, Canada, Ireland and Australia. Amazon Video can stream Doctor Who through BritBox in the US, and holds it as a paid series in all other countries, but Australia where it's included with Prime.[[Category:Doctor Who seasons]]